LOST IN THE WOODS FOR HOURS AND FOUND SAFE. A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM HARTFORD HAS A SIMPLE EXPLANATION FOR WHY HE WANDERED AWAY FROM HOME. AND TONIGHT, HIS FAMILY IS RELIEVED HE'S SAFE. W-M-T-W NEWS 8'S JIM KEITHLEY SPOKE WITH THE BOY AND HIS FAMILY IN HARTFORD... AND THEY HAVE QUITE THE STORY TO TELL. "IT WAS ABOUT 4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE LITTLE BOY'S GRANDMOTHER NOTICED HE WAS GONE - SO THEY STARTED SEARCHING BEHIND THE BARN." "Usually he'll wonder around the edge of the property and fields and stuff. First time he's taken off and not come back." AND AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS FRANTICALLY LOOKING FOR FIVE YEAR OLD CHASE LANDERS - HIS GRANDMOTHER CALLED POLICE.. GAME WARDENS, STATE POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES SET UP A COMMAND POST IN THE DRIVEWAY AT 831 MAIN STREET IN THE SMALL TOWN OF HARTFORD AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR THE BOY.. AFTERNOON TURNED TO NIGHT. IT WAS DARK AND COLD. AND A LITTLE AFTER TEN O'CLOCK - THE BOY WAS FOUND. "He went up back in the woods out behind up here about a mile back up in the woods when they found him. He likes to explore. He told me this morning he was looking for leftover Easter eggs." A DAY AFTER THE ORDEAL, THAT SEEMED LIKE NO BIG DEAL TO CHASE - HE'S BACK PLAYING WITH HIS COUSIN. "Just taking a walk and found a road and I got lost." "Well he's promised he won't do it again. We'll see how that happens, he's five years old." Q: What lesson did you learn? A: Not to go with, not to go when you don't have any grown- ups with you. CHASES' COUSIN NAVAEH SAYS SHE'S GLAD HER COUSIN DIDN'T GET "EATEN" OUT THERE IN THE WOODS. "When we were playing on that trail over there, when I was doing tricks, he got lost. He was walking on his own, and he couldn't find him no where. Q: were you worried? A: yeah I was worried. "I'd just like to say thank you for all the help and all the people that came out to help and those that were willing to come out and I am so grateful that they found him and that he's home safe." "AS YOU CAN SEE CHASE HERE IS JUST FINE. HE WAS TAKEN TO SAINT MARY'S HOSPITAL WHERE THEY CHECKED HIM OUT. HE WAS WET, HE WAS COLD, HE WAS BORDERLINE HYPOTHERMIA, BUT HIS GRANDMOTHER SAYS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, HE'LL BE JUST FINE. WE'RE IN HARTFORD TONIGHT JIM